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VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Dominican Republic, 2002
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DOM_2002_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE), IPUMS
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Mute (DO2002A_MUTE)

Data file: DOM2002_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 246
End: 246
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
35. Does [the respondent] have any of the following disabilities? Read each option and mark cases where the answer is yes.</p>
<div class="i1">[] a Blind in one eye <br />[] b Blind in both eyes <br />[] c Deaf<br />[] d Mute<br />[] e Loss or permanent limitation in arm movement <br />[] f Loss or permanent limitation in leg movement <br />[] g Mental retardation or deficiency<br />[] h Other disability<br />[] I No disability (Skip to question 37)</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="em">Question 35: Does (NAME) have any of the following disabilities? </span></p>

<p>Read to the interviewee each option and fill in the answer every time the person says "YES". If the person answers "None", fill in the corresponding bubble and then skip to question 37.
<br />If the person said another disability different than the ones previously read, fill in the bubble with "other disability".

Description

Definition
This variable indicates that a person is mute.
Universe
Dominican Republic 2002: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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